Mandalorianknight

No battle pack actually concerns me a fair bit. Stuff like the Super Battle Pack is fun and all, but they can really only do it for clones/droids since droids aren't counted as full figures. Two 18+ sets in january is also interesting- my guess is micro ships or something new, because I don't think we've had a diorama around $50 before. I hope the dioramas aren't dead- lego has a bad habit of quickly scrapping these sublines, and I like the dioramas. I want to be able to keep expanding them. I'm also going to throw a crazy soul read out there and say that 75410 is a 4+ version of Anakin's ETA-2.

Night Trooper BP, especially if it comes with an Enoch. We can get the gunship from a different story in the franchise if we have to. I understand the lack of andor sets. It's the best star wars show in many ways, but not a show kids would enjoy, and while it has some incredible scenes, not many lend themselves well to dioramas. I don't get why they don't do this more often- it seems like a no-brainer. Have the main build be something everyone recognizes to counteract any risk of characters from a slightly less iconic part of the franchise. Completely agree about the E-wing set being the weakest. Also gave us two characters we didn't really need- new pilot is nice, but not exactly one of the many desirable ahsoka figures we're missing, and the IKEA droid is only there because an astromech is needed for the ship.

I'm worried about the sheer number of characters being introduced in this. W for Static finally showing up in something live-action though. No, no, Kyle might be good. It means they're less likely to do the whole "Hal is evil now because we for some reason can't let him be a good guy" thing. (Though of course they've done it with John in Kyle's place before...) I'm continually surprised by how seriously you guys all take Mr. Turtle. Nolan made an excellent film trilogy putting batman into the "real world" (Or at least the "real world" in terms of action/crime films). He only "ruined" the perception of the character in that DC's failed to make anything around the same quality since then in which batman's put in a more fantastical setting.

Exactly. It looks much more presentable and more like a display than the Obi-wan duel. It's an excellent set. I totally agree that Ahsoka's been covered exceedingly well, but I want more! Night trooper battle pack, imperial dropship, Chimera, diorama of endgame Baylan on the statue (Ok maybe that one isn't as realistic), a larger shuttle, a small set with the Howler and bandits, etc. I got excited about this Jedi Master Gift Set instruction listing I found before I realized it was just the walmart repack.

I actually love the visorless army troopers in andor. It helps show them off as people more, and serves to make the stormtroopers seem more threatening with the contrast of their faces being completely hidden. It also fits with the old legends idea that stormtroopers were elite shock troops (something later legends material and canon would both pretty much stomp on), and your average joe imperial was just an army/navy trooper.

Unless this is something about the rex microfighter, which I still can't find in-store, I haven't noticed any difference between the mandalorian and clone visor packs recently. Do you mean from the older accessories from when they first made the packs, back when it came with the flashlight attachments? I'd be fine with this. If it's not gonna have the sarlacc, I do think it needs a side build to add to the scene without needing another set. I also think that it needs a LOT more figures than what's currently rumored, this should be a daily bugle level figure count.

I'm not saying it'd be terrible- while I don't think Gunn is the savior everyone seems to think he is (and IMO he's already proven he can't stick to the hard reboot we needed), I think he could pull off the concept fairly well. I just don't think it's what we need right now to restart the universe. I don't think meta-commentary is the way to go. Totally agree on the Boys though- I couldn't get very far into it, it's just so cynical and shock-value based with such a simple message that it seems to think is really clever. But people act like it's the greatest thing to happen to the superhero genre, so I think it's a bad move to take a similar major concept for the new movie. I wrote a whole paragraph about the big inmate essentially being one of the people to save everyone but I deleted it for space reasons. That doesn't happen to me, but to fix yours in the quote I just highlighted the text and changed the font size to 14, the default (at least for my screen, that might be changeable)

The rumor I heard is In my opinion the hyperrealism is the point- they'd tried to go comic-book goofy and it went horribly with the 90s films, so they went the other way around. Instead of trying to fit comic-book batman onto a movie screen, they thought what he would look like in a "realistic" action/crime movie form. And I love it. He faces consequences for his actions- not just in stuff like taking the blame for the Dent murders, but by the end of the series he's more or less physically incapable of continuing to be batman, and retires- one of the only mainline versions of batman to end his story that way. And fitting with the more realistic tone, Batman does what he can and stops joker, but the real heroes of the climax of the movie are just people. I think the two boats scene is the single best example of who Joker is and what he's trying to do I've ever seen. His whole deep psychological need to prove his belief that anyone forced into his position would turn out like him. And the people rejecting his game. -Guy loses ring to squirrel -Superman retrieves ring -post credits teases another ring falling to earth and the squirrel finding it -"Ch'p will return"

100% these are Marketable Space Flashlights. Gives it a very 80s ET/Goonies vibe. Ship itself looks great- the white stripes really help it be more than a grey blob, and it's got pretty interesting shaping and techniques. Whether or not it's a buy will completely be down to what I think of the show, though. I wonder when this is meant for release.

It seems pretty blond to me for a character who's usually got orange hair. I get that redheads never get translated to screen anymore (Even Daredevil, the best superhero show of all time, missed it) but if we're going to the extent of giving the guy a wig, why not go for accuracy? I agree that Mr Terrific's outfit looks good (His jet...exoskeleton? is odd, but I'll grant that it probably will have some CGI on it), but yeah, Lord's influence doesn't salvage Guy's suit. He wouldn't throw in with Lord to that extent.

I've thought this was the case for awhile. Mario, Animal Crossing, and the Deku Tree all seem like they're about as expensive as the Disney licenses.

I think this is a pretty solid theory. Though I think it's entirely possible that Enoch WAS considered at some point, and lego pulled him when they realized they weren't going to be able to pull it off with an existing mold. Foggy also seemed to think Enoch was coming. Those are similar enough fumbles that I could see it.

Which is especially funny as it was the same reaction to this wave leaking in the first place! I assumed it'd be delayed, but they would have been able to delay it long ago and we did get that Max Rebo's Son leak recently. If we do end up getting two imperial battlepacks next year, I can't wait to see the reaction. I've seem some rational arguments that we've had QC issues with clones somewhat frequently, though I'd argue that's just due to the sheer number of clones, as well as the fact that they print on white, something lego's notoriously bad at. I've never understood the argument that they're deliberately sabotaging or paying less attention to clones, because it not only feels demonstrably untrue but goes completely against lego's motive of people buying the set. I thought that was fake and just came from ANOTHER fake leak that it'd be a mon cala OR a clone, which itself spawned from a leaker articulating that they were making a guess. The Clone Bro subset has been remarkably resistant to the "statistic on how many clone figures/sets we've had recently" argument. I think they'll be fine. Yup- if I counted the studs right, it's about 2/3ds the size of the Daily Bugle's footprint. Whether or not it'll end up feeling/looking worth it isn't something I can decide upon you guys, but it's definitely big. I assumed that was the joke. They've put a lot of meta-jokes in these sets, and I can't think of another reason for them to pass up a Darth Luke figure.

In the sense that Thanos and Vision share the mind stone, maybe.

It is a terrible design for Guy, and Nathan Fillion somehow doesn't look good in the photo. I assumed he'd get something but that's a rough wig (also, it's not even a ginger wig? Why are we giving Guy a wig if not to make his hair the right color?) The photo of superman putting his boots on was mocked more for how it was shown off than the suit itself, at least where I saw comments on it. These suits are seen from multiple angles here and look pretty bad in my opinion. That'd be a funny critique of modern superhero suits, but at the same time I'd much prefer Superman to dispute other modern films just by... being a good superhero movie that doesn't have to be meta. Either way, they've given Guy an odd wig that's not even the right color, which is still my main gripe. You're literally giving the actor a wig, you can't be bothered to make it the right color?

Wait until this man finds out about the theme formerly known as lego DC superheroes.

Very, very nice look. Has a modern build with a retro feel a la the Galaxy Explorer remake. Not quite sure if it's worth $40- if it has three figs it's definitely more than the $30 from Obi-Wan's Delta-7, but rumor is it has two, and while it's certainly souped-up, I'll need to see the second fig and some more angles to see how much larger it is.

To be fair at this point streaming is how the majority of big shows are released. This isn't as accurate for younger kids, but I don't think we know the age rating yet either- this could be a hard TV-PG, but some of the stuff in the trailer makes me wonder if they're going for TV-14. (Which I'd love, but then it's not going to be on, like, nickalodian) It clearly doesn't count the TLBM set Tower of Sauron that released just this year. But Mark does meet batman that same episode. And canonically spent at least part of the episode trapped in Fortnite, arguably the worst thing to happen to any character in a series full of gruesome deaths.

Totally unnecessary, which makes it all the more great to have! Though I may swap it out- I really liked the post-apocolyptic but still alive night troopers, and while I'm not fully opposed to the zombie ones on Peridea, I hope we don't actually get Thrawn using an undead army across the galaxy. I don't think nightsister magick should be strong enough to work from a few sisters over a ton of planets, and one of my favorite things about Thrawn in his original trilogy was how he was a lot more respected by his suboordinates than vader (like the scene where the tractor beam operator tries something that doesn't work, Thrawn sees he was trying to do something innovative, and promotes him instead of killing him), which would be totally missed if his men are all zombies. Instagram in 5 seconds: "Night trooper battle pack AND stormtrooper battle pack confirmed!" Youtube in 2 minutes: "TWO imperial battlepacks confirmed? Why does lego HATE clones?" But seriously- it would be nice. And if it's two stormies and two navy troopers in one (or two stormies and two army troopers) and three night troopers with mismatched arms and/or grey faces plus Enoch in the other, it'd totally be at least as different as "blue clones" is from "blue clones with orange faces" Arguably this has been true since 2017, if we're being pedantic. (Of course you're right that in terms of times it was actually based on the person and not just on an animation model voiced by the guy...)

There are more figures in this set than the old one. Now it's also significantly more expensive, but that's mainly due to the sarlacc now having the rough footprint of the Daily Bugle. Was that the best choice? No. Is it meant to coincide with a UCS sail barge hence the massive size? yes. Exactly! I'd actually say it's a much better build- putting aside that it's an alter as opposed to just... some terrain, so it actually has some significance and recognizability, it's also built a lot more like a diorama or display set than the grey nothing, which was a grey nothing. I'm waiting for an exact remake of the 2020 Anakin's Interceptor (but in red and white instead of yellow and grey) with Bob and an Astromech and it's just $40 now. I think an argument could be made that something like an AT-TE fulfills a tank-like role at the very least. In star wars we're already loosening the definition of a tank, as most star wars "tanks" aren't treaded vehicles.

They've done them pretty frequently for Marvel- the vast majority of sets not based on films from 2012-2019 were based on Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble, or Spider-Man 2017. Plus a few What If sets. It's less common for batman, but there also haven't been as many batman shows released in the runtime of the theme- I think it was only Beware and Justice League Action, neither of which had a typical release schedule/distribution, and both of which had at least loose tie-ins. I guess Batman Unlimited, but that barely qualifies as a show.

Yeah, but to be fair none of the midi-scale ships they've been doing have had figures. Plus, it's not even based on that film. I dunno. I don't collect the midi-scales, but this looks solid. It's also the type of thing adults who aren't generally lego fans would put on their desks, which I assume is the rationale. I'd be interested to see a sanctuary 2 if this does well.

This is- and you can go back and look at my post yesterday- almost EXACTLY what I was asking for. Peridea looks incredible. Maybe a bit pricey for $55, but the build doesn't look like a toy, it looks like a display piece. It's beautiful, not to mention the figures. Ahsoka the white is also excellent, and I'll take a great night trooper over a half-baked Enoch any day of the week (imperial dropship in 2025, though?). And Morgan has the face paint print! Immediate day 1 buy. Biggest criticism is the name- stop it, lego. Go back to having interesting or at least short and succient names. None of this search optimization garbage that looks like it was AI generated. (But of course, none of that actually impacts set quality.) Skiff and Pit are also incredible. I think the people complaining about the price are missing the size of the pit- that thing is almost as wide as a baseplate, I'm seeing 28 by what looks to be at least 20 or so. For the price I would have liked to see a new Boba and another skiff guard, but it's not a dealbreaker for me. Just a heads up you are not going to see anywhere near the money Thrawn's been going for now that official images are out. If you are gonna sell, do it ASAP- that price is only going to drop. I also think this is a really huge improvement on the Luke figure- the bit of leg printing really helps the overall look for me.

The buildible characters apprently do well enough, otherwise I assume they'd stop making them. Doesn't mean I personally get the Megafig appeal though. Unfortunately, given the sheer part count of the Loot Lama compared to it's price, I'd be shocked if there were minifigs. Maybe 1 if they're plating the sides in 1x1s.

Very well-made, and an important part of the war.